MTV Unplugged (Shakira album)

Infobox Album |
Name = MTV Unplugged
Type = Live album
Artist = Shakira


Released = February 29, 2000
Recorded = August 12, 1999 in New York City, New York
Genre = Latin pop
Length = 50:33
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Tim Mitchell, Emilio Estefan Jr.
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8j57gjlr26ix~T1 link]
Last album = "The Remixes"
(1997)
This album = "MTV Unplugged"
(2000)
Next album = "Colección de Oro"
(2002)

"MTV Unplugged" is a 2001 Grammy Award-winning live MTV Unplugged acoustic performance by Colombian born musician Shakira released in 2000 as an album and in 2002 as a DVD. Recorded in August, 1999 in New York City, New York, it is rated as one of her best-ever live performances and paved the way for her successful English cross-over recording "Laundry Service" (2001). It was a critically acclaimed by American critics. It has sold more than 3 million copies world wide. The album was re-issued in 2005, to promote the sales of "Oral Fixation Vol. 2".

Track listing

# "Intro/Octavo Día" (Shakira/Mendez) – 6:21
# "Si Te Vas" (Shakira/Ochoa) – 3:40
# "Dónde Están Los Ladrones?" (Shakira/Ochoa) – 3:32
# "Moscas En La Casa" (Shakira) – 3:52
# "Ciega, Sordomuda" (Shakira/Salgado) – 4:09
# "Inevitable" (Ochoa/Shakira) – 3:39
# "Estoy Aquí" (Shakira/Ochoa) – 4:58
# "Tú" (Shakira/O'Brien) – 5:22
# "Sombra De Ti" (Shakira/Ochoa) – 4:07
# "No Creo" (Shakira/Ochoa) – 4:08
# "Ojos Así" (Flores/Garza/Shakira) – 6:50

Personnel

* Shakira - Producer, songwriter, arranger, lead vocals, harmonica, guitar.
* Emilio Estefan Jr. - Executive producer
* Tim Mitchell - Producer, arranger, guitar
* Sean Murphy - Producer
* Marcello Anez - Engineer
* Adam Blackburn - Engineer
* Scott Canto - Engineer
* Sebastian Krys - Engineer
* Mauricio Guerrero - Mixer
* Eric Schilling - Mixer
* Tony Blanc - Mixing assistant
* Steve Penny - Mixing assistant
* Maurizio Teilla - Mixing assistant
* Bob Ludwig - Mastering
* George Noreiga - Guitar, backing vocals
* Donna Allen - Backing vocals
* Rita Quintero - Backing vocals
* Luis Fernando Ochoa - Guitar, arranger
* Ben Peeler - Lap steel guitar, mandolin, dobro, bazouki
* Pedro Alfonso - Violin
* Albert Menedez - Piano
* Ricardo Suarez - Bass guitar
* Brendan Buckley - Drums, percussion
* Ebenezer da Silva - percussions
* Myriam Eli - percussions
* Los Mora Arriaga - Mariachi Band on "Ciega, Sordomuda"

ingles

*Si Te Vas (1999)
*Moscas En La Casa (1999)
*¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? (2000)
*No Creo (2000)

Awards

References

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068TP0 "Amazon.com: DVD review"]
* [http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/shakira/flipbooks.jhtml "MTV DVD stills"]
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004RDKX "Amazon.com: Album review"]
* [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,969491,00.html "Artist Direct album review"]
* [http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=60391811&loc=109&sp=1 "Buy.com: Album review"]
* [http://rateyourmusic.com/view_album_details/album_id_is_9124 "Rate Your Music: album review"]